Fox News: 50 Years After March On Washington, Some See Rap Music As A Problem

“It has lyrics we cannot play on television. At least not at this time of day.”

Fox News aired a segment Tuesday about how "rap music is seen as a problem" 50 years after the 1963 March on Washington and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech.

Fox News aired a segment Tuesday about how "rap music is seen as a problem" 50 years after the 1963 March on Washington and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech.

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The segment referred to a Wall Street Journal column by Fox News political analyst Juan Williams about how the rap music of 2013 compares with songs like "We Shall Overcome," Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come," and Bob Dylan's "Blowin' In The Wind."

The segment referred to a Wall Street Journal column by Fox News political analyst Juan Williams about how the rap music of 2013 compares with songs like "We Shall Overcome," Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come," and Bob Dylan's "Blowin' In The Wind."

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"The emotional uplift of the monumental march is a universe of time away from today's degrading rap music—filled with the n-word, bitches and "hoes"—that confuses and depresses race relations in America now."

He specifically pointed to Jay Z's song "Holy Grail."

He specifically pointed to Jay Z's song "Holy Grail."


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